Hiking
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Mountains Beyond Mountains – 12 Months of Hiking
Sometime at the end of last year I made it a point to hike at least one mountain a month. Well, it’s been a year and I successfully accomplished my goal! It all began in August of 2013 when Christine and I hiked Crane Mountain near Lake George. I hadn’t hiked in a good two years, and I was itching to get back out there! After reading about the 46 high peaks, I hiked my first two that same month, Cascade and Porter. It was amazing. Here’s a look back at my last 12 months of hiking. August 2013 – Crane Mountain, Cascade Mountain, Porter Mountain September 2013 – Blueberry…
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Mount Haystack and the Johns Brook Lodge
Saturday was a great day to tackle a high peak! Chris was visiting from Ohio this past weekend (and also defended his dissertation and now officially has his doctorate! Yay Chris!) and to make things more exciting we also had a hike on tap. Our friends Meredith and John wanted to hike a high peak (they have already done all 46 and want to hike some of them again!) and stay in the ADK Mountain Club’s John’s Brook Lodge for a night. When they asked if we were interested I said of course! The JBL is a lodge located 3.5 miles from the Garden Parking lot in Keene Valley and…
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Hiking Giant and Rocky Peak Ridge
Another beautiful weekend behind us. What fantastic weather we had this past weekend. Perfect for a hike, right? Of course. I made a last minute decision to head up North again to tackle a peak or two. Giant was on my list of hikes to do this year and I couldn’t wait to do it. My friend Brendan and I arrived at the trailhead at 7:30AM Saturday and took the Ridge Trail to Giant. The entire way was just a steep climb with few flat portions to catch your breath. I was struggling up the mountain, but took my time and took a few water breaks. We arrived at the…
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Hiking the Northville/Lake Placid Trail – Wakely Dam to Lake Durant Campground
Another weekend down, another hike completed! Friday after work my friend Meredith and her boyfriend John and I drove north to do some backpacking! We all had been wanting to check out the Northville – Lake Placid Trail, a 133 mile long foot path through the Adirondacks from Northville to Lake Placid. We chose to do a short section of the trail that began at Wakely Dam that also had a camping area nearby, so we could pull our car right up the site. This wasn’t your normal campground–meaning it was primitive–no running water or electric. There were picnic tables and outhouses though, which I thought was a nice step up…
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Visiting Cuyahoga Valley National Park
This post was way overdue! When I was in Ohio with Chris a few weeks ago, we went to Cuyahoga Valley National Park, a short drive away from his new apartment. There were miles upon miles of hiking trails, along with a really long bike trail, the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath Trail, which was really busy with bikers and made me wish I had my bike with me! It was a fantastic day. We decided to check out some of the park’s biggest waterfalls, and did a five mile loop hike to Brandywine Falls. One thing nice about this hike? It was flat! After our loop, we drove to…